From: "Adam Murdoch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > From: Jose Alberto Fernandez [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > So, is there a way to test if a property is set? Is this coordinated with > > other things like <condition>, <available>, etc? > > > > All this things need to play toguether, well. > > > Absolutely. There's a bunch of condition implementations, and you can use > whichever one you like, or invent your own. The goal is to allow any > condition to be use whereever the standard if/unless conditions are. At the > moment, conditions can only be used in a few places: <condition>, <waitfor>, > <fileset>, and (almost) <if>. More on the way ... > > BTW, <available> is just a condition now, rather than a task. And it's been > split up into <class-available>, <resource-available>, <file-exists>, etc. > >
Humm. I think we are mixing two different things: (1) "if" attribute of <target>, <exclude>, etc; and (2) <if> task. They are kind of different things, in my opinion. What I meant by coordinate, was that if the attribute now checks for "false", then <available> and such should set things to "false" when the condition is false. They work the way they do in ANT1.x because the "if" attribute works the way it does. > > > > IMHO, a much more useful thing (instead of changing completely > > the meaning of 'if') > > is to actually let it check for a particular value. I guess I > > wrote such a patch > > in ANT 1.1 (or was it 1.0). > > > > <target .... if='prop=true'/> > > > > this is a fully backward compatible and more useful thing to have, IMO. > > > > Well, arguably more useful. This is why we want to get away from forcing a > particular test, and let the build file writer decide which is more useful > for them. on the other hand, we do want to come up with a reasonable > default test, to use as shorthand. > Notice I am talking about the "if" attribute, not the <if> task. You cannot change the implementation of it (I do not think). Jose Alberto -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
